Classical Edition of Dvorkovich Memorial Started In Taganrog. Korobov - Zakharov and Other Games of Round 1. LIVE

The classical edition of Dvorkovich Memorial started in Taganrog today. There will be nine rounds in Swiss system. Rating favourite is Anton Korobov of Ukraine (2723) who already wonthe rapid competiiton.

Ukrainian GM is followed by Denis Khismatullin 2674 and Alexander Motylev 2654. There are overall 80 participants.

The competition was opened by the president of Rostov Chess Federation Sergey Nesterov; the event was attended by the mayor of the city Vladimir Prasolov.

Mikhail Krjukov, the chief arbiter of the rapid competition at Dvorkovich Memorial, announced the final standings. 128 participants competed for the main prize during two days. As long as four GMs finished gathering 8.5 points out of 11 the tiebreak was counted to determine the winner.